Ethan J. David, 18, was found dead in the driver’s seat of his car on Liberty Way Drive in Greenwood on December 10, 2023. The vehicle was running and the driver’s door was open when the young man from Indianapolis was discovered; he had been fatally shot. Investigators say the encounter began as a prearranged meeting to buy marijuana arranged through the social messaging app Telegram and turned into a robbery plot.

Authorities identified two teenage suspects in the shooting: 17-year-old Quincy D. Stringer Jr. and a 15-year-old female later identified as 16-year-old Da’Zaria Dyson. Witnesses reported seeing two people in ski masks flee after a gunshot. A search of David’s car recovered marijuana, THC cartridges and other paraphernalia. Stringer was charged with murder and his case was waived to adult court; he later pleaded guilty to felony murder and received a prison sentence. The case against Da’Zaria Dyson was still pending as of June of the following year.

Family and friends remembered Ethan as someone who loved fishing, hunting and drawing and who dreamed of owning his own tattoo shop. If anyone knew Ethan, the meeting that brought him to Liberty Way Drive that night, or has information about the incident, please share what is known.